The all-time tennis great played his last match as a professional on Friday in a doubles match at the Laver Cup. It was bizarre, but fitting, for an athlete who never seemed trapped by his sport.
I’ve never experienced anything like the atmosphere at Yankee Stadium the last three nights. The Yankees won all three games, the first on a walk-off grand slam and the third via a walk-off RBI single in the 10th inning to clinch a playoff berth. Yet, all of that felt secondary to what didn’t ...